Associated Writing Programs, “From Memoir to #Me Too”

Diving Into the Wreck: Writing about Loss, Trauma and other Difficult Subjects

April 6, 2019 | 1:30–4 p.m. | The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, Maryland

Have you wanted to write about subjects such as loss, shame and trauma but are unsure how to proceed? In this woman-only workshop, we’ll follow Adrienne Rich’s poem “Diving Into the Wreck” as a guide to use the tools of persona, voice and memory to mine the rich territory of our most deeply held experiences. By the end of this two session workshop, you will have generated material transforming emotionally charged experience into the beginnings of powerful essays, poems and memoir projects.

Join me and the amazing women writers of the IWWG for a week-long immersion into writing, art, body celebration and more. My workshop will explore ancient archetypes such as the Maiden, the Mother, the Crone—and their associated Goddesses—and use their inspiration to write our own tales of the mythic journey of being a woman.